We have Seen increasing percentages (百分比) of women in law, in engineering and in medicine, but even with that effort, today, the percentages of women in those professions (职业) are very low．The average in these three professions is still around seven to eight percent of doctors, lawyers and engineers in America who are women．And even with major (主要的)effort on the part of schools,  universities and colleges throughout the country, we still have very small number of women entering science and mathematics．American women still have a lot of work to do and a very big job before them if women in the U．S are to find equal opportunity in employment and advancement in their professions.

1．With great effort on the part of schools, universities, and colleges throughout the country  ________.

A．everyone can enter science and mathematics

B．everyone can be a lawyer, an engineer and a doctor

C． the number of women scientists and mathematicians is small

D．few girls can be lawyers, engineers and doctors

2．The reason why the percentages of women in law, in engineering and in medicine are lower than those of men is that ________.

A．women are good at doing housework

B．women have to raise their children

C．men are wiser than women

D．women don’t have equal rights with men and have to face discriminations (歧视)

3．Which is right according to the passage?

A．Women have equal rights with men in the U．S.

B．Women still have a long way to go to win equal rights with men.

C．Women have faced no discriminations.

D．Women are much weaker than men.

    Death Valley is one of the most famous deserts in the United States, covering a wide area with its alkali (碱性的) sand．Almost 20 percent of this area is well below sea level, and Radwater, a salt water pool, is about 280 feet below sea level and the lowest, point in the United States.

    Long ago the Panamint Indians called this place “Tomesha”——the land of fire．Death Valley’s present name dates back to 1849 when a group of miners coming across from Nevada became lost in its unpleasantness and hugeness and their adventure turned out to be a sad story．Today Death Valley has been declared a Notional Monument (纪念碑) and is crossed by several well - marked roads where good services can be found easily．Luckily the change created by human settlement has hardly ruined the special beauty of this place.

    Here nature created a lot of surprising scenes, almost like the sights on the moon, ever-changing as the frequent wind moves the sand about, showing the most unusual colors．One of the most astonishing and variable parts of Death Valley is the Devil’s Golf Course, where it seems hard for one to tell reality from terrible dreams．Sand sculptures (沙雕) stand on a frightening ground, as evening shadows move and lengthen.

1．________ is the lowest place in the desert.

A．Tomesha

B．Death Valley

C．Nevada

D．Radwater

2．The name of the valley comes from ________ .

A．an Indian name

B．the death of the miners

C．the local people

D．a National Movement

3．From the passage we can learn that ________.

A．no one had ever known the desert before the miners

B．it’s still not easy to travel across the desert

C．people can find gas stations, cafes and hotels in the desert

D．people have changed the natural sight of the desert

4．Devil Gold Course is famous for ________ .

A．the frequent wind

B．the colors of the sand

C．dream- like sight

D．the sand sculptures

5．From the passage we can see that the writer ________ the Death Valley.

A．appreciates

B．is fearful of

C．dislikes

D．is tired of

    Often what people notice about Britain, especially if they arrive by plane, is the green fields, row of bushes and trees making beautiful designs on the land．Although Britain is quite small and have a large population, there are still a lot of trees and fields between towns, and even from the biggest Cities it’s not difficult to reach the country ．Much of the country is of course farmland but there are often paths through the fields, called public footpaths that you can walk along．There is also plenty of wild country you can get to, and much of this in National Parks and National Forest Parks．There are areas where the country and its animals are specially protected.

    Something you may notice about the British country is that in many areas it changes a lot in a short distance．A short drive from the Wye Valley, for example, could take you to the Black Mountains in one direction or the Forest of Dean in another．In fact the changing view is one of the nicest things about traveling through Britain.

1．From the passage we learned the term “British country” means ________.

A．the broad area outside cities and towns

B．both the land and people of Britain

C．the land occupied by the British nation

D．the British state with its land and population

2．The Black Mountains and the Wye Valley are ________.

A．on the two opposite sides of the Forest of Dean

B．in the same direction from the Forest of Dean

C．in a different direction from the Forest of Dean

D．as far away from the Forest of Dean as each other

3．Wild animals and plants are carefully kept safe ________.

A．on the Black Mountains

B．in the Wye Valley

C．in the Forest of Dean

D．in the National Parks

4．The public footpaths ________.

A．are the routes to London

B．permit free walking

C．lead you to the parks

D．were made by people who walked up and down

5．That the sights become sharply different within a short distance ________.

A．is the pleasant character in Britain

B．is the cause that makes you lost

C．is why Britain is not so large

D．makes Britain a good area for wild animals

    Most dog owners feel that their dogs are their best friends．Almost everyone likes dogs because they try hard to please their owners．One of my favorite stories is about a dog Who wanted his owner to please him.

    One of my friends has a large German shepherd named Jack．These dogs are often very intelligent．Every Sunday afternoon, my friend takes Jack for a walk in the park．Jack likes these long walks very much.

    One Sunday afternoon, a young man came to visit my friend．He stayed alone in the park．He walked around the room several times and then sat down directly in front of the visitor and looked at him．But the visitor paid no attention．He continued talking．Finally, Jack couldn’t stand it any longer．He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later．He sat down again in front of the visitor, but this time he held the man’s hat in his mouth.

    German shepherds aren’t the only intelligent dogs．Another intelligent dog is a Seeing Eye dog．This is a special dog which helps blind people walk along the streets and do many other things．We call these dogs Seeing Eye dogs because they are the “eyes” of the blind people and they help them to “see”．Seeing Eye dogs generally go to special schools for several years to learn to help blind people.

The writer tells the story about the dog Jack to show that ________.

A．it, like many other dogs, always tried to please its own master

B．it, unlike many other dogs, always wanted its master to please it

C．it was more intelligent than many other dogs

D．it was the most faithful dog of his friend’s

    Ayrton Senna, a native Brazilian, had whizzed through Tamburello Curve at Italy’s formula racetrack time and time again．On May 1,1994, the man who dominated Formula One racing didn’t make it．His car slammed head-on into a wall at nearly 200 miles per hour．He died then at the age of 34,

    Senna was widely considered the world’s best race- car driver．He began his Formula One career when he was 24．He was world champion three times, and his 41 victories on the international circuit were second only to“ the 51 of France’s Alain Prost”．Senna’s 65 Formula One starts in the pole position——reserved for the driver with the fastest qualifying time——was a record.

    Formula One cars are among the fastest in the world, reaching a speed of 240 mph．Senna, with his reputation for winning at any cost, knew the risks．But he was willing to push the limit．He had always pushed himself mercilessly in pursuit of greatness in a sport that snubs danger and worships the speedometer．“I think as time goes by, you have to exploit your own limits and the machine’s limits,” he said in a 191 interview.

    Senna’s death shocked his countrymen．In his hometown of Sao Paulo, he was buried with the honors normally reserved for heads of state．The government declared a three-day period of mourning, and television networks dropped their scheduled programming to broadcast the arrival of his body at the airport and a daylong homage．Some mourners wrapped themselves in the Brazilian flag and painted their faces black．Confetti and rose petals (花瓣) rained upon Senna’s body．Speed killed Senna, but he was and will always be the country’s foremost symbol of national pride.

1．Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A．A Hero

B．Ayrton Senna

C．The Best Race-car Driver

D．Speed Kills the Hero

2．What do you think the word “whiz” means in the passage?

A．Make

B．Drive

C．Move very fast

D．Manage

3．Senna was considered to be the country’s foremost  symbol  of  national  pride  because  ________.

A．he was considered the world’s best racecar driver

B．he got more victories than France’s Alain Prost

C．of his spirit of pursuing the greatest speed and winning at any cost

D．of his early death

    When a Japanese friend of mine first visited Britain and first saw a British map of the world, he was very upset by what he found．At first the picture seemed familiar: in the middle of the map, there were two or three small but long red islands lying between an ocean and a continent． But something was wrong: landmass and ocean had changed places．It wasn’t Japan he was looking at; it was the British small islands．Japan was out on the edge somewhere.

    Until that moment all the maps he had known had located (标出位置) Japan in the middle of the picture and had colored it red; yet when he got to British, he found that the country in the middle of the map was Britain and that it, too, was painted red.

    What my friend found was a displacement(移换位置）of his country, and, therefore, of himself as well．That is to say, his country was no longer in its familiar place and he no longer knew where he stood: he was “disoriented”.

“To be disoriented” means to lose ________.

A．one’s heart

B．control

C．one’s interest

D．one’s sense of position

    Zhao Wenxuan, a film star from Taiwan has been fond of seeing films since his childhood．He would sometimes go to the cinema for the same film four or five times．He also enjoyed literature and art．Before he took the film acting as his career, he had been on the staff of an airline in Taibei, the capital of Taiwan Province．His change of job to acting was quite by chance.

    One day, he came across in the paper an advertisement for a leading actor to appear in the film named “Wedding Feast”．Full of excitement, he answered the job ad by telephoning the director of the film, Mr. Li An．It was this telephone call that had changed all his life．At last the director decided him to be the very person for the role．That he could he chosen owed much to his good command of English, natural manners and low pay for his work in the film.

    The film “Wedding Feast” proved to be a hit．It won the German Golden Bear Award and entered the competition for one of the Oscar Academy Awards．Also, it was the first Taiwan film that was permitted to be shown in the U．S．Thanks to the film, Zhao Wenxuan became popular in Taiwan, Hong Kong and southeast Asia.

    In 1994, Mr. Zhao acted as a leading role in the Hong Kong film “Red Rose and White Rose”, in which many film stars like Ms Chen Chong from the U.S．and Ms Ye Yuqing from the local area participated．This film was named for 10 prizes of the Taiwan Golden Horse Prize and at last it was awarded five prizes for the best play, actress and music．Zhao has regarded the film as one of his favorite films since he stepped into the acting circle.

    Since 1993, Mr. Zhao has taken part in the shootings of 13 films, most of which are thought highly of.

    Mr. Zhao said that Taiwan should think to cooperate much with the mainland in おthe film producing industry and it would benefit each other．In recent years he often came to the mainland for film shooting．He has just completed his performance in the film “Love Affairs” directed by Mr. Li Xin, a director from the Shanghai Film Studio.

1．When he was very young, Zhao Wenxuan ________.

A．was a movie fan

B．wanted to be a photographer

C．would love to be an actor

D．was eager to be a painter

2．Why could Zhao Wenxuan play the leading role in the movie “Wedding Feast” ?

A．Because he liked to see films very much.

B．Because he was a famous actor at that time.

C．Because he could speak English very well, acted naturally and didn’t care much about low pay for his work in the movie.

D．Because the director of the movie knew him very well.

3．The underlined word “career” in the fourth sentence of the first paragraph means ________.

A．profession

B．post

C．life

D．interest

4．The text suggests that ________.

A．“Wedding Feast” is just an ordinary film

B．the film “Wedding Feast” disappointed people greatly

C．Zhao Wenxuan became a famous movie star because of the film “Wedding Feast”

D．a lot of Taiwan films are shown in the U．S．every year

5．From the text it can be inferred that ________.

A．one’s success is frequently closely connected with a favorable chance

B．it is never too late to learn

C．know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat

D．there is no limit to knowledge

    Amy Johnson was a very ambitious and energetic person．She didn’t have much in common with other girls in the school, however．She played football and made a bad impression on some of her teachers．She studied at a university and later worked as a typist．But not for long she didn’t want to be a typist．She dreamed of becoming a pilot.

    Amy moved to London, borrowed some money, and learned to fly．Nobody, however, wanted to hire a female pilot．She decided alone to go to Australia to prove that she could fly as well as any men．Her parents lent her money to buy an airplane.

    Amy started on May 5,1930．Her flight took her over Vienna, Istanbul, and Baghdad．In a sandstorm, she had to make an emergency landing in the desert．Six days later, she arrived in India, beating the record by two days．In Burma she landed on a football field in bad weather．She finally reached Australia．The propeller (螺旋桨) broke during her last landing, and she had to crash land.

1．Amy was ________ .

A．a shy girl

B．a very successful typist

C．a clever and active girl

D．a successful pilot

2．Nobody wanted to hire a female pilot because ________.

A．women were hardly believed to be pilots

B．people had to consider the flight safety

C．women were looked down upon then

D．women were considered rather weak

3．Amy had to land in the desert because ________.

A．of the bad weather

B．the propeller was damaged

C．her friends were waiting there

D．she was worn out

4．Amy borrowed some money ________ ．Which of the following is NOT true?

A．from her parents

B．to buy an airplane

C．to spend learning to fly

D．from her teachers

5．How did she land in Australia?

A．She landed at a surprising speed

B．She succeeded in landing

C．She was obliged to land

D．She was pleased with landing

    For almost forty years the Empire State Building in New York City Was the world’s tallest skyscraper (摩天大楼)．The building reaches a height of 1,250 feet．It has 102 floors．The use of steel frames made its height possible．Steel walls can rise high without needing to be thick．Steel frame construction is strong．All plates are fixed firmly together by metal bolts (螺栓) called rivets (铆钉)．When set in place, rivets are usually red-hot．One end is already rounded．A riveter uses a special hammer to shape the other end．Then the rivet cools．It holds the plates firmly．

The word “plates” in this article might mean　　　　   

A.盘子

B.金属板

C.横木板

D.铜牌

    She died on the night of November 22nd．The police doctor put the time of death as being between 7 and 10 p.m．She had her supper．She usually had it at about half past six, If she did the same on the night of her death, then by the digestion evidence (消化痕迹) she was killed at about eight thirty or nine o’clock．James Bentley said that he was out walking that evening from seven fifteen to about nine o’clock (he had his own key) and went straight upstairs to his room ．Mrs. McGinty had washbasins fixed in the bedrooms because of summer visits．He read for about half an hour and then went to bed．He heard and noticed nothing unusual．The next morning he came downstairs and looked into the kitchen, but there was no one there and no signs of breakfast being prepared．He said he hesitated (犹豫) a bit and then knocked on Mrs. McGinty’s door, but got no reply.

1．Who was James Bently? ________

A．A housekeeper

B．A man who lived in the house

C．The murderer

D．Her husband

2．When in bed, Jams Bentley neither heard nor noticed anything ________.

A．wrong

B．strange

C．special

D．terrible

3．According to the story, we can infer that ________.

A．the police thought James Bentley was surely the murderer

B．the dead woman and the man were a couple

C．Mrs. McGinty might have been a landlady or a housekeeper

D．Mrs. McGinty died from poison